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I’m always thrilled when people use my books and videos to make something they love. Makes me feel like a grandpa to these projects. Here are some more photos of paper mache art people have sent to me. If you would like me to post your photos, send them to me at, dan@gourmetpapermache.com. Enjoy!

Brian is a master craftsman, not just with the paper mache art, but with the way he embellishes the pieces with home-made weapons and various props. His goblins are fantastic. Here are a few.

Yes, that goblin is on a Warg! Excellent!

And this is a Mordle (with eyes made by Brian’s daughter!)

And a dwarf complete with chain mail!

Here are a couple wonderful projects made by Gill Heritage. The first is her wyvern (a dragon with arms aside from the wings). Under that is her “Goats and Troll at the Well.” What fun!

Look at this adorable little monster made by Eric van Vugt! Wonderful!

A closer look at this mischievous face!

This is Juliane Block’s cute little monster! Just adorable. If you’d like to see a great little video just click on the photo!

Below is a fabulous monster made by Maxime Dénommé. Great work!

And here is also a dragon trophy made by Maxime. Wonderful!

Check out Patti Shirley’s six and a half foot tall alien! Excellent! And a perfect display! (You can see more of Shirley’s paper mache on page 35!)

Rychie Floyd made a great gift for his daughter! She made a drawing that she said was like him, and then he turned the drawing into a paper mache project! This is “Smug.” What fun!

Gordon is using his own techniques to great effect! Below are four of his excellent works!

Visit Gordon’s website for more information about his art, here.

First is “Leaping”

And “Hummingbird Moth”. These are very large!

And this is “Pelican King. ” It is a smaller piece.

And finally “Scorpion Snake”. All great works!

This is Hannah Wilson’s first paper mache dragon, a little baby! What a beauty it is!

Here is Hannah’s latest dragon, a darker one. Beautiful!

Bill Stringer is making some excellent paper mache dragon trophies! Here is Bill with Vol-Arynn (red dragon) and Lapil-Rim (the blue dragon). You can see more on Bill’s Facebook page.

A close-up of “Lapil-Rim” Great job!

Here is Bill’s “Cern-Uannos”. Great horns!

And another green dragon!

Finally, this is Bill with “Flutterix”, a project he made for a sick little girl. It doesn’t get any nicer than that!

This is Florentyna Leow’s “Amabie” which represents a supernatural spirit in Japan. Excellent work! You can read about the making of this project on a newsletter, here.

Check out Marc Tsakiris’ amazing version of “Tik-Tok Crok!” Just beautiful work!

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Your Paper Mache – Page 38

I’m always thrilled when people use my books and videos to make something they love. Makes me feel like a grandpa to these projects. Of course other people have their own techniques. Either way, it’s great to see other people enjoying this medium. Here are some more photos of paper mache art people have sent to me. If you would like me to post your photos, send them to me at, dan@gourmetpapermache.com. Enjoy!

Here is Paul Ferrara’s paper mache dragon trophy appropriately titled, “Yin and Yang.” Beautiful job! See more of Paul’s work on his website, www.paul-ferrara.com.

Here you see Jan’s dragon. While some people have struggled to fill their “Covid time”, Jan used it to create this fantastic piece of art! Congratulations!

A closer view of the face.

Here is Nancy Schall’s first dragon trophy. Magnificent! Excellent work!

Here is Nathan Kirk’s first paper mache dragon. And a magnificent dragon it is! This is Nathan’s version of Maleficent. Great job!

Her is Denise Wilkin’s first paper mache dragon. Love the expression! Fantastic job!

Below is Aaron’s first paper mache dragon! Wonderful job! Great personality!

And here is Aaron!

This is Heather Murphy’s “Amethyst Dragon”. Beautiful! Love the colors!

And Heather got some well deserved publicity recently for her new pieces! Here is is! j Congratulations!

Memory Bradley just finished her first dragon. What a beauty!

And here is Memory’s dog sculpture. Excellent job!

Andrew Sheshunof’s just finished this paper mache masterpiece! You can see his video about this dragon here, https://youtu.be/XsiVdWerK9M.

From the front.

And it has lights inside the mouth! Excellent!

And a close up. Great work Andrew!

And below is Andrew’s newest dragon! Fantastic once again!

And here is Andrew with this new project. They compliment each other!

Below is another great dragon made by Andrew. Very nicely done as always!

Here is Beth Kroeker’s first paper mache dragon. A beauty it is!

From a different perspective. Wonderful!

Below are two great projects by Jeff Fibus. The first is a cool starfish, the second a “Fantasy Fish”. Wonderful!

Cheri Rose is making some excellent dragons down under (in Australia). Below are a few of her masterpieces! If you’d like to see more about Cheri and her work visit her Facebook page. Look at this metal dragon!

Here is a beautiful red dragon. Underneath shows it with the l.e.d.s light up!

And here is Cheri’s Blue dragon. Wonderful!

And a tranquil, sleeping dragon.

Finally, here is Cheri’s dragon trophy! Great work!

Okay so check out Daniele Pons’ dragon costume! Amazing! This costume won at the Venice Carnival 2020 (Italy), a well deserved honor! Titled “SAN GIORGIO E IL DRAGO”

Fabien SAVIGNOL’s son wanted a dragon. So Fabien used my video to make a dragon for his son. What a great job! What a great dad!

Below is Carmen Martin’s “Blue Dragon”. Love the blue in contrast with the eyes! Magnificent!

Myles Konstantinos made his first paper mache dragon trophy. And it is a beauty! Wonderful colors and detail! Here is a photo from the front and then another close up.

And below are a few photos of Myles’ “Alien” series. Excellent!

And here is his “face hugger”! So cool!

And of course the alien pod! Fantastic project!

Below are some of Eb Jones’ wonderful dragons!

Eb also makes fabulous baby dragons! Samples below

And here is a gator made by Eb.

Tom Hering is an artist living in Germany. Below are a few of his excellent progress. First is his “Sir Daniel Fortesque.” Terrific!

A closer view!

And here is his Red Dragon….

And his Tom’s Green Dragon. You can see see a short video showing the making of this dragon here. And you can see more about Tom’s work here.

Just in time for Halloween! Look at this great “Scary Doll” made by Sam, Isaac, and Bessie Madden! Wonderful!

Below is David Angelo’s red dragon. Here it is on display. Fantastic!

Crystal Heller’s decided to make paper mache dragon. She set to work and look at what she made! Fantastic!

These are Mandrakes inspired from the Harry Potter series. Vivien, who lives in Germany, made these. Wonderful!

Here is Tristen MacArthur’s first paper mache dragon head! Very nice!

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I’m always thrilled when people use my books and videos and to make something they love. If you have paper mache art works that you would like me to display send them to me at dan@gourmetpapermache.com. Enjoy!

Kristin is another terrific art teacher. She teaches in Missouri. After watching a few of my videos one of her 10th grade student’s made this amazing paper mache trophy!

Look at Wade’s paper mache rabbit mask! And his Steam Punk fish! Awesome!

Wade’s magnificent paper mache fish!

Cory made this excellent paper mache dragon costume for his daughter. Beautiful…the costume and the girl!

Bill Wehmeier made this very nice paper mache “Baby Dragon”. If you would like to see more of his work, you can do so here.

I love this project. This is Xenia’s first paper mache project. A zombie bigger than she is! (Xenia is on the right! 🙂

This deserves a couple more shots.

and from the back.

And check this out. It even lights up! Wow! Fantastic job Xenia!

Beth Bowden decided that her grandson needed something nice for his bedroom. So she made this paper mache dinosaur! What a lucky kid!

This is Julie Joest’s paper mache monster, “Bertha”. What fun!

Nikki made a paper mache monster, but added a really cool twist…fur! So adorable!

Diann McDonald has been making lot’s of paper mache projects. Here is a sampling.

Diann’s “Man on the Moon”

And Diann’s paper mache “Tree House”. And below is a cute sculpture based upon her dad and his special car.

Great work Diann!

Lisa is also a prolific paper mache artist! Here is some of her work. First, a great dragon!

And this is one of my favorite paper mache pieces, a little artist mouse! Adorable!

And what would life be without a band of paper mache pickles! Wonderful Lisa!

Here is a great paper mache monster made by Colin! Wonderful!

John Paul Junk is a teacher. He made this amazing paper mache dragon for his classroom. He removed ceiling tiles for this. I’m sure his students think he’s the best. I agree.

Bart watched my mask making tutorials on Youtube and made his own mask. Excellent job Bart!

Speaking of cool paper mache masks, this is Todd’s.

And my friend Miguel Ruiz’s made this fantastic paper mache Ganehsa mask!

Below is Arthur’s paper mache dragon trophy. Excellent!

My friend Glenn Terry has been making great paper mache projects for a while now. Here are a couple You can see more on his website

Glenn’s excellent Eagle mask. And look at his paper mache bike helmet! I’m sure he gets some strange looks!

And here is one of Glenn’s paper mache monsters. So fun!

I am a cat lover, so you know how much I love Jaime Diaz’s paper mache cat.

And Jamie’s amazing paper mache alligator…

… and fish! Terrific Jamie!

Finally, here is Lisa Dawn Cornwell’s paper mache Gargoyle. Perfect!

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Rum and Paper Mache

I really want to profile one of my favorite paper mache projects. It is also the most controversial. Why? Because it involves Rum. And puppets. Did you know that there are a bijillion people out there with a crippling fear of puppets? Yes, there is. I have met half of them. The condition is called Automatonophobia. It seems like they were the first to see my “Rum and Paper Mache” video featuring a cute couple (well, not cute to automatonophobiacs) and a dragon who arrives one evening with some Rum. Aside from the puppet part of the video, the Rum also caused a ruckus. Some saw the video as promoting drinking. I agree, but only among puppets! Here’s my defense. This wasn’t my idea. I heard a piece of music from a group, Alpha, that I really liked. It was really catchy and had a nice beat. It was the kind of music that make your toes tap (whether you want to or not). I’d been wanting to make another music oriented marionette video. (My first was called “Paper Mache Dragon Marionette.” More about that at the bottom of the page.) And this music just fit the bill. It happened to be called “Rum”. Hence the rum in video. In other words, it was Alpha’s fault that there is drinking in this video. Anyway, this project was one of my favorites. It involved making three puppets and scrounging and buying clothes, furniture and making the set. And it took six months to make.

They started like this….with lots of crumpling.

After the paper mache, the three characters looked like this.

After sculpting with the paper mache pieces they got their “skin” of cloth mache.

And after the paint.

If you’d like to see more about the making of the dragon, see the posts on my blog.

And if you want to see the video, then just click on the photo above.

By the way, I handled all of the controls in the making of this video. I had a crazy contraption for that. But I loved it. Here is what it looked like from above.

I mentioned that this project followed an earlier video I made called “Paper Mache Dragon Marionette.” If you’d like to see that video, just click on the photo below.

Paper Mache Dragon Marionette

And….I bought the rights to another piece of music. I’ve got some plans for that! Sorry all of you automatonophobiacs!

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